You are my fellow citizens
Dear Parishioner, Distance separates us, but love unites us, and death itself cannot divide us, for though my body die, my soul will be mindful of my people. So wrote St John Chrysostom, on whose feast I am writing these words, since I am going away on holiday and must write well in advance of […]
Open House
Dear Parishioner, This year the Parish are taking part in the Open House Festival on Saturday 17th September 2022. The Church and grounds will be open in the afternoon of Saturday 17th September from 1:30pm. There will be tours from 1:30pm, refreshments and parish groups around the place. We invite parishioners and visitors to a late summer Fair with […]
RIP Her Majesty The Queen
Dear Parishioner, 10.30am mass on Sunday 11th September will be a Requiem Mass for Her Majesty The Queen. May she rest in peace. Following the announcement of the death of Her Majesty The Queen on 8 September 2022, Cardinal Vincent Nichols paid tribute to Her Majesty: “On 21 April 1947, on her twenty-first birthday, Princess […]
Happy Birthday, theotokos.
Dear Parishioner, Last Tuesday I celebrated a not-so-significant birthday. It was a lovely occasion but it was yet another reminder of just how fast life was moving. Now as much as I like not to be reminded of my advancing years I was nevertheless grateful for the good wishes – and the good gifts […]
Mary got Jesus ready
Dear Parishioner, We have all experienced the fresh start that September brings. Every year September brings around the start of a new school year. If like me you’re getting on a bit in age then perhaps it’s more of a distant memory. But for those children and parents in our community the start of the […]
Lift them up on our own shoulders
lift them up on our own shoulders and carry them to the inn and look after them.